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Early Morning Escape

A short video of a misty early morning escape paddle on Loch Ard . Took the opportunity to experiment with a bebop2 drone and its follow me program . This locks the camera on you and the drone follows you ........I've left out the panicky bits .....thankfully i had fitted floats to the legs of the drone so landing on water is possible but wasn't the plan !!

Saw this last night when it popped up on my YouTube subscriptions. The drone shots are a great addition, the only issue is because the drone is keeping you in the centre of the frame it looks like you are stationary. I did wonder if being closer to the shore might help so you can see the background go by faster. Great film though just offering suggestions.

Hey folks
Thanks for your comments. Does take a bit of time but is fun.
Yes Mal dehydrator is getting a bit of use although this was a meal leftover from last year-imagitively labelled beef and rice comprising .......beef and rice .....and all the other things left in the cupboard of which some were more easily identified than others. Actually been looking at starting to do this on a small commercial basis so experimenting quite a lot. Must get a trip organised soon.
Bobt- I use coral x9 for no other reason that I started to use coral and couldn't be bothered to change. Does all sorts of fancy things - multi camera edits ,graphics ,map plotting and of course I dont use any of them.Simple seems best and suits my limited brain power.
John- youre right follow me is great but really needs some kind of reference point. Initially I had it following me from the bank cause I was too frightened to take it out over the water. Worked well right up to the point it nearly flew into a tree. That was followed by the near water landing incident. Thankfully the drone does not have a microphone so the bad language couldn't be heard. It's controlled by your smartphone which monitors all sorts of things ( including how many times you crash) - might suggest to Bebop that it monitors the operators blood pressure....mine I'm sure was unhealthily high!
Mark - think you know where the inspiration to buy a drone came from. I have to confess as a surveyor I enjoyed your roof video - great way to do a survey. You must remind me to bring my photo album ( 101 roof profiles of urban Britain) along on our next trip .... fascinating and real conversation piece around the campfire . We do need to get a trip organised soon.
Cheers
Rob

It was from various cameras in various positions. Drone footage limited to paddling shots.
Off to Loch Sheil tomorrow and hope to experiment with the drone a bit more......if I dare!
Have fun with your purchase